AFCCOVENTRY
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Same as last season...he is not good enough.
We need a keeper with a bit more pedigree
We need a keeper with a bit more pedigree
O'Brien has credit in the bank with previous performances, Burge doesn'tI don't think he's too bad and there are other positions I'd rather we strengthened than GK.
Yes he should have saved the penalty but that doesn't suddenly make him a bad keeper , same as O'Brien isn't suddenly a bad player for missing a penalty.
You can tell the defence don't really trust him, he did well to get Ricketts I think out of a mess with a dodgy pass back though.
Yes Bentley played a blinder.Said after the match today to someone, swap the two keepers around and we'd probably have won 5-0.
I don't think its much of an exaggeration to say we'd have comfortably won that match if the keepers were on opposite teams.
He didn't play badly today but his distribution is poor. I agree with those who think the back four don't entirely trust him but I think they didn't play well as a unit first half. Defensively Reda and ricketts had their worse game so far
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But watch him closely. He very often doesn't know whether to come out and claim or hold his ground or stay on his back line. Very indecisive. That gives the back four the heebee jeebees,
Why is Reda Johnson getting no stick, did anyone see that monstrosity of a performance at the back?
Why is Reda Johnson getting no stick, did anyone see that monstrosity of a performance at the back?
Sorry but I don't think just doing nothing wrong is enough to merit a place in the team anymore, he looked solid as he had nothing to do. I'll post what I did on another forum.
he's doing the routine stuff ok and handling looks decent which you would expect from any academy goalkeeper in a professional football academy but I'm not seeing him make saves where I'm turning to the person next to me and saying 'that was an excellent/great/good save' or 'he's saved our arse there'. I'm not asking him to save every shot but one every now and then would be nice.
I don't think its too much to ask as keepers every week at this level are excelling themselves and saving shots which look certain goals and stopping goals when the attacker looks favourite to score.
Just doesn't give any confidence to the fans or defence, every time the opposition have a shot on target I'm expecting a goal at the moment.
Yes Burge was the real problem tonight not Fleck who couldnt pass to a blue shirt and gave possession away in his own half loads. It wasn't Reda Johnson getting pulled out of position for the first 45 minutes. It Wasn't Murphy who was awful in the first half. It wasn't the midfield who didn't track one run from the opposition in the first half hour causing us to get opened up at will.
Really it was all Burge's fault for not scoring a hattrick, Saving a penalty and coming for a cross which he had no chance of getting. FFS some people really need to watch and understand the game.
Yes Burge was the real problem tonight not Fleck who couldnt pass to a blue shirt and gave possession away in his own half loads. It wasn't Reda Johnson getting pulled out of position for the first 45 minutes. It Wasn't Murphy who was awful in the first half. It wasn't the midfield who didn't track one run from the opposition in the first half hour causing us to get opened up at will.
Really it was all Burge's fault for not scoring a hattrick, Saving a penalty and coming for a cross which he had no chance of getting. FFS some people really need to watch and understand the game.
Good saves tonight and I really don't see what he did wrong second half
I wasn't even talking about tonights match, out of interest what relevance do Reda Johnson, Fleck and Murphy have to do with Burges ability as a goalkeeper. I make it no relevance what so ever. Point to me where I specifically mentioned anything about tonights match in that post? nowhere, so your points are irrelevant.
It was an assessment of how Burge has done in his 5 games this season and a few games last season, not an assessment on why we didn't win tonight.
Sorry Wasn't aim at you specifically. But he did nothing wrong tonight and had no chance with either goal. He had a fairly solid game and nearly saved the penalty. He'd have had to have been so far out of his goal for the cross for the first one that the goal would have been left wide open. Lots of people have jumped on his back and are using him as a scapegoat. There were a LOT more problems than our keeper on the pitch tonight.
Sorry Wasn't aim at you specifically. But he did nothing wrong tonight and had no chance with either goal. He had a fairly solid game and nearly saved the penalty. He'd have had to have been so far out of his goal for the cross for the first one that the goal would have been left wide open. Lots of people have jumped on his back and are using him as a scapegoat. There were a LOT more problems than our keeper on the pitch tonight.
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